You’re right! Should have checked out their website.
But wonder why no local programming? None is listed there at all.
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I have a feeling it’s because of COVID… i don’t know why, but their studios have been locked for months I think.
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I’ve noticed that Sean Ison of Ison Live Radio, aka the Newcastle Youth Radio Association aka Australian Broadcasting Media, is still pumping out multiple audio streams, and still owns what he calls the Hume Travel Network which is a series of wide-spaced LPON FM licences on the Hume Motorway between Sydney and Melbourne. When I’ve tried listening to the Goulburn station driving past while still on the motorway, reception is poor and the sound quality is terrible. I’m guessing that it sounds better in the middle of Goulburn a couple of kms away.
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Some technical difficulties on 2LF Young. The network programming cuts off, then silence, then the backup tape comes on, then the transmitter itself goes out. It comes back on several minutes later.
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Sounds like the old Nautel has got the shits on again… time to swap it to the BE 
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notice they always decry armageddon if they don’t get their way…And they have no shame in asking for gov handouts
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I have noticed that the two Magic Talk stations are pretty close to each other on the same frequency. My question is in NZ do they broadcast out of band AM stations like 1611 etc. It seems that 1107 are low power stations otherwise they interfere with each other. These stations are around 50 km away from each other from google maps (via road).
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My guess is that it’s using synchronous transmission. It’s quite common in New Zealand on both AM and FM.
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Thanks Mechie. Do we know why we don’t do it in Australia? It would save spectrum. Like for WSFM/XL FM the list goes on. 
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4QD and 4QO use synchroised transmission in Australia on 855 kHz. 10kw each.
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Yeah interesting it is not used more often here!
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2EC (then 2BE) used AM synchros on 765 kHz. The northern transmitter at Moruya converted to the current FM 105.9 in the 90s:
As I’ve said on here before, they didn’t quite get the ‘mush’ zone in the right place, resulting in the need for 1584 kHz at Narooma. They haven’t really needed 1584 since the start of 105.9.
NZ using AM synchros doesn’t surprise me; the UK uses them extensively (1053/1089 talkSoccer and 1215 Absolute are the best examples). They followed Europe in using 0.1 MHz spacing for FM as well.
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I think there is a synchronous FM transmission in Queensland. Well, it would have to be synchronous. ABC NewsRadio in Nambour and Gympie, both on 94.5MHz. It’s only 24km between the two transmitter sites at Dulong and Black Mountain.
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If it is, it’s done really well. I’ve never heard any sort of mush or multipath on that service. And I’ve listened to it many a times when they had AFL games when commuting between Gympie and Redcliffe.
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Checking of the ACMA radcomm database shows that the 94.5MHz services in question are definitely in a SFN, or synchronous transmission.
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Pity about the interference from Lismore though.
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I think Canberra would be a good place to use synchronous FM transmission with the repeaters down south. Certainly simplifies it for listeners (no need to retune) unless your car radio can via RDS.
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99.9 ABC NewsRadio isn’t synchronous between Tuggeranong and Goulburn; I get both here in Bungendore and can hear the echo effect.
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I imagine it was never intended to be as you have 103.9 to fill the gaps in between.
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